, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
The deadline. That's right.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
I'm going to attempt to explain that, and I stand to be corrected by the first legislative counsel, who has had more to do with it. This is part of the repeals. This Bill has a number of repeals attached to it, and the repeals are being repealed because the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
I think if you use the analogy of primary legislation and then what secondary legislation does, it works really well, doesn't it? I'm forever saying to various committees that what we want in the primary legislation is the fundamentals of the thing that we're…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
Diolch, Adam. Can I just say I thought it was really lovely to have evidence from people from outside the Senedd taking an interest in constitutional matters? I think some of us are used to considering ourselves as slightly nerdy in taking an interest, so it…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
I think it's the least bad choice of a range that we discussed, and again, Chair, if you don't mind, I'm going to defer to the senior legislative counsel, who's responsible for choosing these kinds of words.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
I think, Chair, I'm going to ask Claire to just run through how those processes fit together, as she's been dealing with that.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
Diolch, Adam. I think the use of the term ‘superaffirmative procedure’ has always been a little bit problematic. I think you and I and members of the committee have had a number of occasions on which we've debated exactly what it is that we've meant in the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
I don't think there are, but I'm going to defer to Dylan, who's been involved all the way through in the conversations around this.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
We wrote to the Llywydd after the last session, on 5 December. I look forward to hearing from her in due course. We're available to work with the Senedd Commission on possible changes to Standing Orders so the intended coming-into-force date of 1 January 2026…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
We've asked for a response, Chair, by the end of Stage 1. We haven't had the response yet, but we're not anticipating any issues. Various officials have already met with The National Archives, who advised everything was in hand, and officials in the Wales…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
They're the two officials who accompanied me last time, but they may as well introduce themselves.
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you. I don't want to make this sound insignificant in any way, but we're engaging in the usual engagement that we always have when there's a Bill going through Parliament. So, we have a number of policy officials and lawyers who watch UK Bills to make…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Diolch, Rhys. Whilst we do not know what the final content of the assisted dying Bill will be, it's likely that it will relate to a reserved matter. We are in regular contact with the UK Government to understand and plan for the implications for the people of…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you very much, Rhys. We do continue to work on the development of a tribunals Bill through which we will address recommendations of both the Commission on Justice in Wales and the Law Commission report on devolved tribunals in Wales. The recommendations…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Diolch, Rhys. Tribunal reform is very much at the heart of our ambition for the justice system in Wales, and a programme of work to which we remain completely committed. The timing of legislation associated with the programme will be announced in due course.
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Diolch, Delyth. I, too, am extremely proud of the Act, and for anyone of us who's attended an international function—I was just discussing this with the Deputy First Minister very recently, actually—it's really striking, isn't it, how people come up to you…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Diolch, Delyth. The Act was specifically designed to strengthen existing governance systems to improve the well-being of Wales. Welsh legislation has drawn from, and supplemented, the Act’s provisions, including, for example, our Social Partnership and Public…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Diolch, Delyth. That was certainly an issue with the previous Government. In my previous role, I had a very large number of very frustrating discussions with the previous UK Government on this and their inability, really, to see quite how far in advance Wales…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Diolch, Delyth. The most effective way of implementing extended producer responsibility for packaging is on a UK-wide basis due to the flows of packaging and packaging waste across borders. The scheme will enable consistency across the UK while enabling Wales…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you very much, Mick. I just want to start by saying that, of course, we're not starting from scratch, and I'm very grateful that we're able to build on the work that you started when you were Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution, as well as…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you for that question, Mick. Access to justice is fundamental to the rule of law and it is in real peril in many areas. It is of course largely a reserved area. The previous UK Government left office with multiple urgent issues, all of which need to be…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you, Alun. We absolutely do start from the position that legislation in devolved areas should be made in the Senedd, with accessibility of the law being one of the principles underpinning that. You know from previous conversations that we've had that I…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Certainly. The Welsh Government lays legislative consent motions in the Senedd in accordance with Standing Order 29, and is guided by the Cabinet principles on UK Bills when deciding whether to recommend consent to UK Bills.
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
I'm aware of those amendments going through. I'm very happy to say, of course, that we'll consult with the Senedd. That's a very different thing from Senedd approval. But of course, any Government Minister who is dealing with the appointment of a commissioner…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
There are several different versions of Crown consent, just to be really clear. We do seek Crown consent where we’re making legislation that impacts on the rights and obligations of the Crown. We’re in communication with them on the other issues, I think…
